Orange County Indexed
The Griffiths surname
The Griffiths name in Orange County Indexed: 9 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1781 to 1807
most named in the 1800s
- Court minutes 1781–1807
- Tax lists 1790
- Marriages 1804
- In the chronology
- 1971 to 1993 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1970s
- Married into
- Drew 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Watson 2
- Spellings to try
- Griffis, Griffith, Griffeth, Griffins
- Search beyond these records
- Griffiths in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Griffiths there)
- Griffiths in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 2 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
In the historical records 9 records
1 marriages, 7 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Griffiths marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Wm. Griffiths (Chatham District)
1800s
- 1804MarriagesMarriage bond: Ben Drew and Mason Griffiths
- 1807Court minutesJurors found Will Griffiths liable in trover within three years and awarded Edy Griffiths damages.
- 1807Court minutesJurors upheld William Griffiths’s promise within three years, rejected setoff and awarded ??dah Griffiths damages; an appeal was noted.
Undated
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Watson Jr as road overseer, replacing James Wilson.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Richard Holeman as road overseer, replacing James Watson Jr.
- Court minutesThe jury found a promise within three years, rejected setoff, and awarded Judy Griffiths damages and costs.
- Court minutesDeed, James Freeland to Judea Griffiths, proved by John Trollinger.